From: "Gary Britt" 

Basic services such as national defense, fire, police, ambulance don't have
anything to do with socialism versus capitalism.  Those services aren't
something that requires socialism for a society to provide.  I think you
are confusing pure libertarianism/anarchy with capitalism in making this
distinction.

Gary

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> The point most of us are trying to make was that degrees of socialism
aren't
> necessarily undesirable for a society. It all depends on perceived value
for
> those services.  Some draw the line further up the level than you do but
> most ( even those arguing that socialism is evil incarnate ) readily
accept
> and desire some of it's benefits.
>
> The trick for any society has always been where to draw the line between
> capitalism and socialism
>
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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> > Listen guys, I'm fully cognizant that my position has contradictory
> > elements to it, I suppose I could spend a lot of time elaborating and
> > refining various aspects, but I'm not going to do it. I simply feel that
> > fire, police and rescue are the most basic of protective services to
> > citizens and should not be billed out in a piecemeal fashion as they are
> > provided to people in trouble.
> >
> > Illogical or not, that's my story and I'm sticking to it 
> >
> >
>
>

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